i am a native ny'er, but was raised in north jersey, and have lived here ever since. it's the densest state in the country (not just in population, either...)

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O Fortune, like the moon you are changeable.
Ever waxing, ever waning.
Hateful life; first oppresses, and then it soothes, as fancy takes it; poverty and power. It melts them like ice.